KVR Audio

El°HYM · Post by **El°HYM** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:57 pm

Old NI - Interfaces are actually pretty solid, if your Machine still runs those.

Other than that, I have heard good Things about Audient.

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:04 pm

how many times do I have to mention esi?

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:49 am

El°HYM wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:57 pmOther than that, I have heard good Things about Audient.

I have an Audient EVO 8 and, honestly, I'd hesitate to recommend it. Mine initialises with random buffer settings, completely ignoring the settings I have made. It's very annoying and when I contacted Audient about it, I never received a response. They did update the firmware and drivers a few weeks later but that was a hugely frustrating experience and I still don't know if I have the latest firmware or not - the firmware version number isn't the latest but it insists that it is up to date - and the other problem hasn't been fixed.

El°HYM · Post by **El°HYM** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:27 pm

Ok, thats good to know and like I said, never used them. Yet, I didnt mean the EVO - but the iD - Line; which are supposed to have pretty decent Drivers and very good Converters. Maybe someone can can confirm this (or not) as thats just what I have read on the net.

WOK · Post by **WOK** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:07 pm

Ploki wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:24 pm Steinberg UR series, or 2nd hand RME

Steinberg (Yamaha) UR Driver and UR22 Hardware are a nightmare.

excuse me please · Post by **excuse me please** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:17 pm

I'm eyeing at Black Lion Audio Revolution 2x2 ($399/€349).

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:18 pm

WOK wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:07 pm
Ploki wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:24 pm Steinberg UR series, or 2nd hand RME
Steinberg (Yamaha) UR Driver and UR22 Hardware are a nightmare.

Why?

Apart from the odd "Reinstall me or I won't work anymore" after the half yearly WIndows 10 updates, which was fixed in a more current driver version, I don't have any issues with them. I have a UR22 mk2, and I had a UR12.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:27 pm

Don't you just love it when someone starts a thread asking for help and, after a week of helpful replies, the OP doesn't even bother to respond?

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:35 pm

cryophonik wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:27 pm Don't you just love it when someone starts a thread asking for help and, after a week of helpful replies, the OP doesn't even bother to respond?

he joined 12/13/04, 327 posts...he started this 1/6...by my calculations he's got 13 days before he is due back

ztrauq · Post by **ztrauq** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:33 am

cryophonik wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:27 pm Don't you just love it when someone starts a thread asking for help and, after a week of helpful replies, the OP doesn't even bother to respond?

Just about exactly a week, I think: as my comment history may indicate, I am on KVR just about every Wednesday late night, as that is the time during the week I can squeeze it into my schedule

although I guess tonight work ran so late it's more like Thursday morning...

Seriously, though, thank you everyone for your helpful replies! A lot of interesting options I hadn't thought of. Looking at the MOTU interfaces with interest. Zoom one might also be promising, I've used their field recorders for many years and they have performed decently. The mixer-style ones I don't think will fit into the cramped corner of my desk devoted to music production, with the possible exception of the AG03, which I have to say looks pretty slick. I'll try a couple of other troubleshooting steps I thought of in the interim with the Scarlett, but if that doesn't work it looks like there are some decent options to look into.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:40 am

WOK wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:07 pm
Ploki wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:24 pm Steinberg UR series, or 2nd hand RME
Steinberg (Yamaha) UR Driver and UR22 Hardware are a nightmare.

Really? Because I have an AG06 and a UR44C and both are absolutely bulletproof. They use the same Yamaha/Steinberg driver, I've never seen a specific UR driver.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:55 am

There isn't. The Yamaha driver is the one which drives all their interfaces, AFAIK.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:17 am

Smaller UR are class compliant anyway.
I’ve never had issues with an UR

sQeetz · Post by **sQeetz** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:59 pm

I have a Scarlett 4i4 fixed for "desktop use" and a 2i2 for when I need to record stuff on the go and I can't praise them enough. Solid as solid can get...

newjunkcity · Post by **newjunkcity** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:39 pm

It's worth noting that when it comes to drivers for Windows, many manufacturer have decided to outsource to Thesycon, whom rebrand their generic ASIO implementation.

Most of the cheaper interfaces I've tried all use this, specifically (so far) I've seen:

SSL 2+ and SSL 2
Behringer UMC204HD and UMC202HD
Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 and 2i2

You can check this by looking at the details tab of the driver file itself (.sys):

File Description: TUSBAudio Kernel Streaming Driver
Original filename: "tusbaudioks.sys"

This tool is massively useful for finding the driver files: DriverStoreExplorer

Audio interface with solid drivers/software that doesn't break the bank?